It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
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Ecclesiastes 12:1 · 34 connections
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But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. …
End of linked passage: Psalms 71:18Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. …
End of linked passage: 1 Samuel 16:13The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. …
End of linked passage: Luke 2:52I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left. …
End of linked passage: 2 Chronicles 34:3I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts. …
End of linked passage: Psalms 22:10And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.
But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; …
End of linked passage: Genesis 39:9The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.
And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. …
End of linked passage: 1 Samuel 3:21But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. …
End of linked passage: Daniel 1:9As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. …
End of linked passage: 1 Kings 3:12Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.
Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. …
End of linked passage: 1 Samuel 17:37And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
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